Michael Jackson's ex-wife and the mother of his two oldest children, Debbie Rowe, has agreed not to challenge the singer's mother for custody of the children, according to a joint statement from lawyers for Rowe and Katherine Jackson.

FontGear, the developer of FontDoctor, FontXChange and FontVista, has released its first tool for font identification. Designers are often faced with printed or digital images containing text in an unknown font, so being able to identify these could eliminate hours

Michael Jackson's cardiologist is the central focus of a federal investigation into the singer's death, a law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday.

A new Taliban military "code of conduct" calls for restrictions on suicide attacks aimed at avoiding the killing of civilians, but U.S. and Afghan military officials dismissed the document as propaganda, calling it hypocritical.

Brazilian authorities on Thursday ruled the death of former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti a suicide, according to local media reports.

A judge set bond at $2 million Thursday for a 35-year-old woman who faces charges in the case of a woman whose baby was ripped from her womb.

According to ecologists at the University of Colorado, some bird species seem to prefer clamorous environments.

University of Manchester) A new €1.7 million ($2.38 million) EU funded project involving 17 world-leading research institutions -- and led by The University of Manchester -- will encourage the transfer of ideas and knowledge between top scientists around the world.

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) In biomedical research with living cells in the culture dish, contamination with bacteria, viruses or other fast-growing cells is always a problem. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now developed a test

Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a fundamentalist Islamist sect who was initially reported captured Thursday by the Nigerian military, is dead, said a spokesman for the governor of the state of Borno.

VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)) Numerous pathogens contain an 'internal time bomb', a deadly mechanism that can be used against them. After years of work, VIB researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel were able to determine the structure and

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A study in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences reports that the condition of frailty in older adults is associated with a critical mass of abnormal physiological systems, over and above the status

National Academy of Sciences) As part of its study of how much vitamin D and calcium people need, a committee convened by the Institute of Medicine will hold a public workshop to gather insights and data from experts on Tuesday,

University of Western Ontario) A researcher at the University of Western Ontario has received over $603,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to investigate how and why a group of bacterial toxins leads to the development of toxic shock

Two Civil Guard agents were killed Thursday in an explosion outside a barracks on a Spanish island popular with tourists, Palma de Mallorca city hall officials said.

Michigan State University) While the massive weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery is beneficial, some patients may face malnutrition, poor wound healing and infection as their immune systems adjust to the extreme decrease in food consumption, according to a

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Everyone knows that vitamins "from A to zinc" are important for good health. Now, a new research study in the August 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that zinc

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Scientists from Scotland and Singapore have unraveled a mystery that has perplexed scientists since red wine was first discovered to have health benefits: How does resveratrol control inflammation? New research published in the

Brad Blauser lives in war-torn Baghdad, where he doesn't earn a paycheck and is thousands of miles from his family. But he has no intention of leaving anytime soon.

University of Minnesota) University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the use of diet pills, laxatives and diuretics, as